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The Ventriloquism of Keith Jarrett

I've been a fan of his for eons and have many of his recordings.  When I first heard him making his vocal noises during parts of his playing, I thought, 'WTF is that damn noise!?!"  Hated it, but got used to it.

Just now, I thought I'd put on one of his live concerts via YouTube to listen to while working.  On video, I hear his vocalization but don't really see his mouth moving at all.  

It's like he's a ventriloquist or something. 

Not important at all, but thought I'd share anyways.

Cheers, all. 

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david_ten
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+1 for @tomcy6 ’s and the OP's use of ’I’... a critical and important distinction.

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wspohn
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The first one that turned me off with vocalizations was Glenn Gould.- it ruined one of his recordings of the Goldberg Variations for me.

cd318
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@wspohn 

I can understand your feelings but for me errr...no.

If I didn't hear them I'd know for sure that something was terribly wrong my version of reality.

In any case you've always got the '55 where it's less obtrusive or even the wonderful Zenph re-recording.

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wspohn
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The 55 version is fine - much less intrusive vocalization.  And I would rather listen to either artist with vocalizations than not listen to them at all!

IIRC, Oscar Peterson also did this a bit.

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